Thursday, March 13, 2008

Caleb's Beloved Cornflakes

We brought Caleb to the supermarket to do grocery shopping and when we walked past the cereal section, the colourful boxes of cornflakes caught his eye and he asked us for permission to buy some home. We let him buy the cornflakes that came in assorted flavours and he couldn't keep his hands off them.
He held on to his box of cornflakes throughout our shopping trip, brought it to the cashier, carried it all the way to the car, into the house and even into our room.
Then, he gamely posed for Daddy with his box of cornflakes.


And, when it was time for bed, he insisted on bringing his new found treasure to bed.
He actually refused to let go of it and hugged it to sleep. I could only take away the cornflakes when he was fast asleep and released his grasp on his box of cornflakes.


And if you're wondering whether he asked to eat it, well, of course he did, but he had a slight runny nose so we told him that he could eat it when he's fully recovered. Maybe that's why it's even more "precious" to him.
And the first thing that he said when he woke up in the morning... "Daddy, where's my box? The one from yesterday? Where is it?"